Psalms 73:8
They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: “Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
9We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us.”
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said to his people: “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many, and they are stronger than we are.
1 Kings 21:7Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him: “You are of great authority, and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel. Rise up and eat bread, and be even-tempered. I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”
Psalms 10:2I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”
Psalms 12:4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,
Psalms 17:10He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:2-15
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7… Read the whole commentary →